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Grand Complications Volume VIII

High Quality Watchmaking

Hardcover
$35.00 US
9.35"W x 11.43"H x 1.15"D   | 76 oz | 7 per carton
On sale Jun 05, 2012 | 544 Pages | 9780847837519

Grand Complications, Volume VIII provides a detailed overview of complicated watchmaking. This reference work for connoisseurs deals with each of the major horological complications by theme, from their history through to their most recent developments. Multi-complications, minute repeaters and sonneries, tourbillons, equations of time, perpetual calendars, chronographs, jump hours and retrograde mechanisms, GMTs and multiple time zones are reviewed in great detail. With the latest creations by more than twenty-three elite watch manufacturers displayed and accompanied by technical descriptions, this book has earned respect among connoisseurs.
Tourbillon International is a privately owned company that has published numerous annual volumes of Jewelry International, Grand Complications, and Watches International. Their lavishly designed and produced volumes are essential reading for purveyors of fine and high end collectibles. View titles by Tourbillon International

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Grand Complications, Volume VIII provides a detailed overview of complicated watchmaking. This reference work for connoisseurs deals with each of the major horological complications by theme, from their history through to their most recent developments. Multi-complications, minute repeaters and sonneries, tourbillons, equations of time, perpetual calendars, chronographs, jump hours and retrograde mechanisms, GMTs and multiple time zones are reviewed in great detail. With the latest creations by more than twenty-three elite watch manufacturers displayed and accompanied by technical descriptions, this book has earned respect among connoisseurs.

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Tourbillon International is a privately owned company that has published numerous annual volumes of Jewelry International, Grand Complications, and Watches International. Their lavishly designed and produced volumes are essential reading for purveyors of fine and high end collectibles. View titles by Tourbillon International